Salt Lake City bans sexual orientation discrimination with Mormon support
November 13, 2009
[JURIST] The Salt Lake City Council [official website] has passed an a ordinance [text, PDF] prohibiting employment and housing discrimination based on sexual orientation, after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) [church website] gave its support. The ordinance, passed unanimou....... [more] 
Senate approves DC voting rights bill but adds Second Amendment proviso
February 27, 2009
[JURIST] The US Senate on Thursday approved the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 (S 160) [text] by a 61-37 vote [roll call]. The legislation gives the residents of the District of Columbia (DC) voting representation in the House of Representatives and also gives Utah an additiona....... [more]
Federal judge orders indicted Blackwater guards to report to DC court
December 9, 2008
'[JURIST] A federal judge in Utah ruled Monday that five indicted Blackwater USA guards involved in the September 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians must report to a DC court. Lawyers for the five guards tried to move the proceedings to Utah, where one....... [more]
'Spambot' creators facing federal lawsuit in Virginia
April 26, 2007
'[JURIST] A Utah-based anti-spam technology company filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Alexandria Thursday in an effort to identify the people behind so-called"spambots", programs that search the Internet for e-mail addresses to sell to spammers........ [more]
Utah high court denies parental rights for non-blood partners
February 16, 2007
'[JURIST] The Utah Supreme Court Friday restricted parental rights to biological parents in the cases of unmarried parents raising children related by blood to only one partner. The case at issue involved a five-year old girl conceived in a lesbian....... [more]
Five US states allow attack dogs in prisons: HRW report
October 12, 2006
'[JURIST] Five US states permit the use of dogs in prisons to control inmates, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Wednesday. Prison systems in Iowa, Connecticut, South Dakota, Utah and Delaware have policies that allow the use of dogs to....... [more]
Utah Supreme Court overturns university ban on firearms
September 9, 2006
'[JURIST] The Utah Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a University of Utah policy banning firearms on campus violates state law. In a 4-1 opinion, the court rejected the university''s argument that as an autonomous entity under Article X of the state....... [more]
Utah Supreme Court rules polygamy ban constitutional
May 17, 2006
'[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Utah has ruled that the state''s ban on polygamy is constitutional in a decision upholding the bigamy conviction of a former police officer. The court was asked to decide whether Utah''s bigamy statute was constitutional....... [more]
Utah House votes down anti-evolution bill
February 28, 2006
'[JURIST] The Utah House of Representatives Monday voted down a much-watched bill that would have challenged the teaching of evolution in high school science classes in the conservative state. The so-called"Origin of Life" bill as initially presented....... [more]
Utah high court ousts polygamist judge
February 25, 2006
'[JURIST] The Utah Supreme Court Friday ruled to remove a polygamist judge from the bench, explaining that Hildale Justice Court Judge Walter Steed clearly broke the law by being married to three women at once. Steed worked as a part-time justice court....... [more]
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